by CBBSS | Jun 19, 2021 | International News and Analysis
A piece in The Economist states the Western Balkans are still enthusiastic about joining the EU, yet Brussels is deferring the accession process. If Brussels keeps delaying, Russia and others may attempt to move in to fill the political and economic vacuum. ...
by CBBSS | Jun 3, 2021 | Regional News
Kadri Veseli, Kosovo’s parliament speaker and head of the ruling PDK party, said Pristina’s agreements with Montenegro and Serbia will take effect, Balkan Insight reports. Pristina reached a border demarcation deal with Montenegro and an agreement with...
by CBBSS | May 29, 2021 | International News and Analysis
U.S. public radio syndicator NPR points out that the Islamic State is recruiting a much higher number of fighters per capita from the Balkans than from Western Europe. The Balkan IS recruits are mainly coming from Bosnia, Kosovo, Albania and Macedonia, but there are...
by CBBSS | May 19, 2021 | International News and Analysis
BBC diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus discusses the renewed importance of NATO in the face of growing threats from Russia, as well as the list of countries that could join the military alliance. After Montenegro joins NATO, the alliance is unlikely to welcome...
by CBBSS | May 19, 2021 | Regional News
Montenegrin PM Milo Djukanovic is in Brussels Thursday to sign a protocol on Montenegro’s accession to the NATO alliance. Montenegro will then begin participating in NATO meetings as an observer, Balkan Insight reports. Montenegro will officially join the...
